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What do policy decisions try to balance? - answer✔Individualism and Collectivism
What are the three aspects of Individualism? - answer✔- Personal Independence
- Autonomy
- Liberty
What are the 4 aspects of collectivism? - answer✔- Group norms
- Common good
- Social Justice
- Social Support
What are the 4 goals of policy? - answer✔- Security
- Liberty
- Equity
- Efficiency
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How is policy related to politics? - answer✔the authoritative allocation of resources or "who
gets what, when and how"
Can policy be divorced from politics? - answer✔No
What is policy? - answer✔Inter-related decisions made by those with responsibility for a given
policy area concerning the selection of goals and the means of achieving them
Policy often takes the form of... - answer✔explicit written documents, but may also be implicit
or unwritten
What is "the policy process"? - answer✔the way in which policies are initiated, formulated,
developed, negotiated, communicated, implemented, and evaluated
What is public policy? - answer✔government policy or policies of government agencies
Why does policy matter in health? - answer✔- health is affected by the decisions that are made
by policy makers
- the relationship between these decisions and health outcomes are critical
Policy involves _____ rather than _____. - answer✔intentions; results
What does the policy analysis triangle look like? - answer✔Top: context
Left: process
Right: content
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Middle: stakeholders or actors
Policy is not just why and how to act, but also... - answer✔the assignment of resources
Who determines the organization of health care and resource allocations for the delivery of
services? - answer✔The "state"
What are the levels of study in health policy? (7) - answer✔- philosophical
- system
- social
- legal
- economic
- standards and rules in treatment
- level of medical care practice
What are the three key principles at St. Joseph's hospital? - answer✔- uncompromising quality
and safety
- partnerships with patients, residents, and family caregivers
- advocacy and collaborations for innovation and system change
Positions on key public policy issues are driven largely by... - answer✔implicit and unarticulated
philosophical presuppositions
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